Repair crew ready to clear landslide

A repair crew of 55 workers and dozens of machines was on standby to repair a road in Beijing's Fangshan district that was blocked by a major landslide on Saturday morning following heavy rain, the district government said on Sunday.

Repair work will begin as soon as a plan is hammered out by a team of geologists investigating the scene, it said. Traffic is expected to resume by the end of the month.

The landslide, which brought down an estimated 5,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks at about 8:30 am on Saturday, was the biggest in Fangshan since 2012, the district government said.